Our juniors in Superb Fern takes British Girls crown

M Hollingworth 18 R Clarke 21, M Martin 21 M Farmer 9, D Beeby 9 Ashley Daykin 21, R Dunford 16 Jack Dyson 21, I P Haigh 18 A Sykes 21, A R Heaume 15 Craig Gant 21, D Ripley 14 M Anderson 21, N Gomersall 10 C Kelly 21, Kieron Spencer-Halsall 21 N White 18, R Eaton 12 K Damms 21, Kyle Spencer-Halsall 9 R Jackson 21, A Douglas 3 I Ross 21.

J Abbott 10 G Siswick 21, B Holland 13 M Atkinson 21, R Sutton 12 J Greenhalgh 21, N Haigh 21 R Chomiak 14, P Harburn 21 T Brook 18, R Walker 21 K Wenzel 11, J Wareing 21 P Longbottom 5, B Gibson 13 J Normanton 21, T Marsland 15 R Whitwam 21, D Emsell 19 M Giles 21, R Ellis 21 M Wenzel 15, G Sigsworth 21 T Boothroyd 16.

P Berry 21 Mark Thompson 16, J A Brown 21 Richard Brook 19, T Butterfield 9 Harry Seerha 21, G Foulkes 21 Ian Newby 17, A Wolfenden 21 Allan Thompson 18, Shaun Fox 21 Ashley Tattersley 13, J Helliwell 16 Ryan Mitchell 21, B Holt 5 Simon Walder 21, J Shaw 21 Graham Higgins 4, D Kilburn 21 Robert Hitchen 19, A Lumb 21 Stephen Pinfield 15, E Wareing 21 Graham Hirst 5.

P D Smith 7 M Sweeney 21, P Powell 4 S Norcliffe 21, P Hopkinson 21 P Winterburn 8, P Senior 21 T Whitaker 10, R Morgan 21 P Brennan 16, G N Jaskolski 21 Lewis Jay 12, M G Sykes 12 W Dews 21, S Greaves 21 G Brook 16, M Barron 21 R Senior 12, R Dickinson 21 J Pejica 10, G Swain 21 M H Bramall 10, R L Senior 17 M Regan 21. W Moseley 21 Martin Laycock 17, M Cox 21 Martin Murphy 20, E Haigh 19 Wayne Hirst 21, R Cox 21 Martin Fox 18, J McMahon 21 Gary Mountain 16, R Manning 21 Mick Armitage 12, D Duck 10 Ian Pountney 21, K Beaumont 21 Tom Hirst 2, Peter Kain 20 Dean Pountney 21, Mark Richardson 20 John Leach 21, R Snr Walsh 18 Ian Smith 21, Michael Snr Higgins 21 Darren Hickey 15. HUDDERSFIELD’S Fern Beaumont has become British Under 18 Girls Merit champion.

The Paddock Cricket & Bowling Club player, who is Yorkshire champion, defeated fellow Huddersfield Inter-district A team player Sophie Brown in the final at Heswall British Legion Club.

And she staged a remarkable comeback to take the honours 15-14 and make sure the crown stayed in this area following Eleanor Broadley’s success last year.

Twenty girls took part in four groups of five, the top player in each group going through to the semi-finals.

The two finalists were joined by another Huddersfield bowler, Leah Keyworth, as group winners.

In the final, at 14-8, Brown was lying game with a bowl very close to the jack, but Beaumont played that out with a very accurate bowl.

The Yorkshire Champion then scored the next seven points to become the British Crown Green Ladies Junior Champion.

In the semi finals, Brown won 15-8 against the Greater Manchester Junior Champion, Laura Vincent, and Keyworth lost in a very close-fought game 15-14 against fellow Paddock C&BC bowler Beaumont. A strong contingent of Huddersfield bowlers helped Yorkshire win the British Junior County Championship.

Congratulations were due to the whole Yorkshire team, who defeated Warwick & Worcester 415-408 in the showpiece.

The home team won 233-189 at Golcar Liberal Club while the away team went down 219-182 at Ye Olde Knowle.

It was a fantastic result for Yorkshire, who have won the BCGBA title 16 times since 1984 and come runnersup five times.

And Yorkshire have beaten Warwick & Worcester five times in the last 10 years.

This is the White Rose’s third title in a row and their 12th in the last 17 years – a remarkable achievement and testament to all the hard work that goes into making the junior county team so successful.

Cameron Ghaffar (Almondbury Lib) 21 Lucas Hall 14, Callum Wadsworth (Shepley) 21 Ciaran Andrews 16, Ethan Wareing (Kirkheaton Con) 15 Liam Lowery 21, Sam Holmes (Hillcrest) 21 Tommy McDonald 18, Eleanor Broadley (Linthwaite Hall) 21 Dawson Rose 13, Sophie Brown (Almondbury Lib) 21 Josh Weaver 12, James Hick (Almondbury Lib) 21 Michael Madden 6, Elliott Heap (Broad Oak) 21 Ryan Hocknull 14, Ben Falkingham (Pudsey Littlemoor) 9 Louis Jones 21, Scott Shaw (Almondbury Lib) 21 William Clarke 13, Harrison Messenger (Grange Moor) 20 Andy Ford 21, Jordan Wike (Pudsey) 21 Mathew Parkes 20. Yorkshire 233 Warwick & Worcester 189.

Emily Kernick 21 Bailey Rice (Shipley) 11, Matthew Grundy 11 Lewis Cooper (Whitkirk) 21, Megan Earlis 21 Emma Tobin (Whitkirk) 11, Matthew Caines 21 Callum Fennell (Wakefield) 11, Shannon Kernick 21 Fern Beaumont (Broad Oak) 12, Cameron Cutler 21 Georgia Jewitt (Overthorpe Sp) 6, Callum James 19 Josh Thomas (Glasshoughton) 21, Ben Godfrey 13 Georgina Holmes (Rothwell) 21, Jack Newsome 21 Amy Tobin (Whitkirk) 7, Reece Maskell 18 Aaron Brine (Rothwell) 21, Nathan Caines 11 Nathan Dobson (Pudsey) 21, Callum Mitchell 21 Matthew Bell (Borough) 19. Warwick & Worcester 219 Yorkshire 182.

Yorkshire 415 Warwick & Worcester 408.

It’s the Glenis Firth-sponsored Peter Firth Memorial Under 16 girls and boys handicap at Kirkheaton Con this Sunday (10am).

The Linthwaite CBC Adult and Junior Bowling Competition is now a one-day event, being played Saturday October 7 (11am start). Those who have entered before are asked to enter again if possible. It’s £5 per pair and entries close on September 30.

Entries for both competitions to junior secretary Geoff Martin on 07527 681325.

It’s the last set of Huddersfield Junior matches and Inter-district fixtures this Saturday.

Golcar Lib play Brockholes BC, Almondbury BC play Shepley BC and Marsh Lib play Broad Oak (10am).

In the Junior Inter-district, Huddersfield C play Heavy Woollen B at Paddock I&C (7pm).

Squad from: D Berry, M Armitage, J Gough, W Torley, J Sanderson, S Singleton, M Beresford, C Evans.